Gas-generator



UNITED lsri.

MARTIN BorsiiN, or SANDUSKY, omo.

GAS-em EnAron. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31,1921.

Application led July 6, `1920. Serial No. 394,168.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN BoisEN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Sandusky, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and Improved Gas-Generator, of which the following1 is afull, clear, and exact description.

his invention relates to improvements in gas generators, an'object ofthe inventionv being to provide an improved apparatus for decomposingwater so as to generate oxygen and hydrogen and direct these gases intoseparate tanks, and afterward commingled in the desired proportions foruse, the use being primarily intended for internal combustion engines.

A further obj ect is to provide 'an economical process for decomposingwater, either pure, adulterated or contaminated, by artiicial or naturalmeans, so that oxygen and. hydrogen are taken 0H from the same, thedecomposing tank and the operation of the generator being automatic, thepressure in the tanks controlling the level of water so as to stop andstart decomposing automatically.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a diagrammatic Viewillustrating my invention. A

Fig. 2 is a view in vertical longitudinal section through thedecomposing tank.

1 represents my improved decomposing tank, in the top of which issupported a pair of tubular cells 2 and 3. These cells 2 and 3 arepreferably of non-electricity conduct-v ing material having closed upperends and open lower ends, the open lower ends being projected below thewater level 4 in the tank 1 as it is to be understood that water is tobe supplied to the tank 1 as it may be use d.

In the cell 2 I provide an anode 5 andvin the cell 3 a cathode 6.y Thecathode and the anode terminate slightly above the lower ends 'of theircells and at their upper ends are provided with binding posts 7 whichare connected by wires 8 and 9 respectively. with an electric generator10.

11 and 12 represent oxygen and hydrogen storage tanks, the former beingconnected by a pipe 13 with the top of cell 2 and the latter connectedbya pipe 14 with the topV When the electric current is closed, acir-d Acuit 1s made from the anode 5 throu h the water 4 to the cathode 6,causing a ecomposition of the water in the cells- 2 Vand 3 and formingin the cell 2 oxygen and in the cell 3 hydrogen, the pipes 13 and-14carrying these gases to the storage tanks 11 and 12. When the pressurein the tanks or in the pipes 13 and 14 becomes excessive, it will forcethe water downwardly in the cells 2 and 3 below the lower ends of theanode and cathode and thus'open the electric circuit and cause acessation of the operation. When the pressure decreases, the water willrise in the cells and the circuit will be again closed so that theoperation will be continued. A

It will thus be noted that by this simple form of apparatus a uniformpressure is Iriintained in the tanks and the circuit is opened andclosed by the control of the level of water` due to the pressure of thegases.

As above stated, itis the purpose of my invention -to utilize thesegases primarily for the operation of internal combustion engines, but Idesire to cover broadly my iinproved apparatus for any use to which itcan be put.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described without dep-arting from the invention, and hence I donot limit myself to the precise detailsA set forth, but consider myselfat liberty to make such changes andn alterations as fairly fall withinthe spiriti` and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a decomposingtank containing water,l a pair of tubular cells located in .the tankhaving open lower ends submerged in the water, an anode in one cellhaving its lower end normally submerged in the water in the cell, acathode in the other cell having its lower end normall submerged'in thewater in the cell, sai anode and said cathode terminating at their lowerends in a lane above the lower ends of the cells in which they arelocated, oxygen and hydrogen tanks communicating respectively with theupper portions of said cells, and a' source of electricity included incircuit with said anode and cathode.

2. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a watercontaining tank having openings in its top, a pair of hollow cells ofnon-conducting material located in said openings, said cells havingclosed upper ends and open lower ends, the latter submerged in the waterin the tank, an anode in one cell, a cathode in the other cell,

said anode and cathode normally submer ed at their lower ends in thewater in the cls, said anode and said cathode terminating at their lowerends in a plane above the lower ends of the cells in which they arelocated, an electric generator connected to said. anode and cathode, apair of tanks, pipes connecting the tanks with the cells, a mixingvalve, and outlet pipes from the tanks to the mixing valve.

MARTIN BOISEN.

